by Nermien Riad | Mar 12, 2018 | "The Widow's Cause"
Dear Friend, Thanks to your support and generosity, 2018 is already off to a great start for many widowed mothers who are being empowered through our B’edaya project. They are beginning, or are expanding, income-generating projects through loans and coaching in...
by Nermien Riad | Nov 16, 2016 | "The Widow's Cause"
Ireney doesn’t seem to know the meaning of the words “take it easy,” which may explain how she’s built her business into a source of family pride and dignity. You last heard about Ireney in 2014, when I visited her in Samalout. She overwhelmed me with hospitality...
by Nermien Riad | Aug 12, 2015 | "The Widow's Cause"
A giant drawing of St. George looms over visitors to Susan’s home, but she’s not waiting for heroes on horseback to save her family. She’s taking her fate into her own hands — she’s had to, since the artist, her husband, passed away two years...
by Nermien Riad | May 18, 2015 | "The Widow's Cause"
Money, money, money. It’s easy to think of microfinance only in those terms. But the surprising thing is how our B’edaya microfinance initiative is changing lives in ways that go far beyond money. No one explains this better than Salma. She’s the...
by Nermien Riad | May 10, 2015 | "The Widow's Cause", Approaches to Charity and Development, Issues:Education
Good news about Egypt is precious these days, so I wanted to share a few wonderful developments that give me a feeling of hope. I came across the following news this morning in Save the Children’s new State of the World’s Mothers report, and I thought,...
by Nermien Riad | Apr 9, 2015 | "The Widow's Cause"
When darkness falls, as it did in Libya, I’m amazed at how God sends reminders of His love. This Easter, I’m reminded of that love by the story of Verena, a mother so depressed she was ready to end her life — and yet, she found a new beginning. Verena began suffering...
